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Anolis eugenegrahami SCHWARTZ, 1978

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black Stream Anole, Eugene's Anole 
SynonymAnolis eugenegrahami SCHWARTZ 1978: 266
Anolis eugenegrahami — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 260
Anolis eugenegrahami — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Xiphosurus eugenegrahami — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Xiphosurus eugenegrahami — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionHispaniola (Departement du Nord)

Type locality: Roche Parfait, 9.0 km NE Plaisance, 215 m, Département du Nord, Haiti.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CM 60515. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1578 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSpecies group: Xiphosurus cuvieri species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).

Habitat: semi-aquatic (Baeckens et al. 2021) 
EtymologyNamed after Eugene D. Graham Jr., the co-discoverer of the lizard with Thomas Thurmond and Schwartz. 
References
  • Baeckens, S.; M. Temmerman, S. Gorb, C. Neto, M. Whiting & R. Van Damme 2021. Convergent evolution of skin surface microarchitecture and increased skin hydrophobicity in semi-aquatic anole lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 224(19): jeb242939 ( - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Nicholson, K. E., R. E. Glor, J. J. Kolbe, A. Larson, S. B. Hedges, and J. B. Losos 2005. Mainland colonization by island lizards. Journal of Biogeography 32: 929–938 - get paper here
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2012. It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 - get paper here
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2018. Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata). Zootaxa 4461 (4): 573–586 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • Powell, Robert ; Neland, Jason A 1998. Anolis eugenegrahami. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 672: 1-2 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. 1978. A new species of aquatic Anolis (Sauria, Iguanidae) from Hispaniola. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 47: 261-279. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Vences, M. 2009. Lizard Radiations, in: Gillespie Clague, Encyclopedia of islands. University of California Press, pp. 558-563
 
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